Results for "The Melody" in Fantasy

Une nuit, deux gentlemen psychopathes débarquent dans ma chambre pour m'avouer que je fais partie du peuple des ombres. Et pour couronner le tout, j'apprends que je suis la cible d'un annihileur, un être capable d'implanter des idées dans l'esprit des gens.

Le monde des humains a basculé dans une nouvelle chasse aux sorcières. Ekleipsis est entre les mains de Syrielle. De son côté, Léa découvre enfin la vérité sur sa malédiction : ce qui peut la sauver peut la détruire à tout jamais. Bien décidés à sauver Alice et Thomas des griffes des Sinister, Léa et ses amis devront retourner sur Ekleipsis.

Melody's sins have come to haunt her. As she works to find her place in the elven court, she is discovered by a group of assassins who know how she failed her kingdom. They hunt a bloody revenge. The Empire does not rest and looms threatening to the south, bringing more danger to the young queen and the new family she worked so hard to get.

Melody hasn't played anything since her parents were killed in a tragic car accident. But when her friend buys her an old, weathered music score that seems to call to her, she is intrigued. Playing again also brings her to the living room of a muse--a man who lives and breathes music, who can calm her with a touch and make her hear symphonies. As Melody learns of Liron, his world, and his own loss, she begins to heal, feel whole, and find herself again.

War must be waged. Empress Diana looms a bloody, venomous threat with the greatest army under her. King Haidar must keep the family he's worked so hard to build safe. Queen Melody worries that it will be what destroys them. Their probings take them into the heart of danger and the enemy- insidious Torrin, capital of the Empire. They must gather allies and intel on the Imperial Family before the first battle. They must keep their family, and the future of their kingdom safe.

Remember when seeing ghosts was my biggest problem? I miss those days. Now, I'm magically bonded (shackled) to a creature of unlimited destructive power. He insists we are destined for each other and that I will belong to him. If that wasn't enough, I've been kidnapped by another destructive creature—the one I'm supposed to help kill. Awkward, I know. It's rapidly becoming clear that I'm at the center of their tangled web of lies. A smart person would act meek and play along in hopes of surviving. Too bad I'm an idiot.

Melody’s life was ordinary… until she was dragged into hell. Melody wakes in darkness with a pounding skull and two metal bands locked around her wrists, stamped with unfamiliar symbols. Along the cavern wall, carved images emerge through grime and blood, nine interconnected circles arranged with unsettling precision. A pattern. A test. But beyond it lies hell itself…Nyx, her captor – handsome, scarred and dangerously alluring. He swears he’s here to protect her, to guide her through the Underworld itself but every look, every glance feels like a threat wrapped in a promise.

Siofra has lived her entire life in isolation, terrified of her unrestrained dark magic. Then the unthinkable happens, and she and her brother are imprisoned for murder. Before the law can deliver their punishment, the siblings are rescued by a mysterious benefactor, whisked away to a glamorous manor in the far north, where everyone treats them like a prince and princess. Shadowfen Hall, and the surrounding forest, keeps a wall between Desemir and his rivals. His lack of heir leaves him vulnerable, but to marry within his peerage would ignite the very coup he needs to avoid.

When Jackson gets expelled from high school, his rich uncle sends him to Stonyhurst in England, where he'll learn to control his rage and use it for world peace or something less exciting. What Jackson doesn't know is that at night, selected members of the school go underground, where the real education begins. The true purpose of Stonyhurst is as dark and twisted as the original Grimms' Fairy Tales. Between Jackson's lucid nightmares and the demonic horrors hidden below the surface, not everything is what it seems. Teens are going missing and someone wants Jackson dead.

"My dear, I'm afraid that the head injury was fatal," Lara stated unemotionally. "Fatal? What are you talking about?" Kitty blustered. "Fatal means dead!" Kitty backed away and raised her arms in protest. The two strange women watched her in silence.

Sorcha Kelly lives her life on the edges of society, allowing her whims to take her where they will, feasting on new experiences as though she is at a sumptuous buffet. But one electrifying night with an intoxicating stranger leaves Sorcha with more than she bargained for—the power to make fire at will and an insatiable desire to find the man who upended her carefree life. Now, the Fire Fae have staged a revolt, wreaking havoc across Ireland and throwing the natural world out of balance. 

I may have reached my breaking point. As if trying to graduate from a school for supernaturals isn’t stressful enough, my relationship status has gone from complicated to a straight-up dumpster fire. Oh, and the Bloodletter has decided to drop a bomb of epic proportions on us all... Then again...

Some part of me thought being murdered in front of my mate was rock bottom. It was the delusional part. Because I didn't stay dead. Instead, I woke up tethered to my psychotic ex who still insists we're soul mates. I insist he seek immediate medical attention. To top things off, my actual mate...

Abby doesn't want a mate - and she especially doesn't want Oliver! One of the few werewolves at a human college, Abby thinks she has already met the guy of her dreams in her suave English professor. So, when the quarterback of the football team turns out to be her mate, she's not interested. After all, what would a self-proclaimed bookworm and a dumb jock have in common? Little does she know, Oliver has other plans. Can she hold off on his advances, or will this mismatch turn out to be a perfect match after all? Part college romance, part werewolf drama, and utterly irresistible! 

She was a slave to one man's obsessions - and a captive to one man's desire.

Witch Geraldine's life is disrupted when Princess Adriana arrives on her doorstep with a problem: Her father wants her married off, and she's determined to run away. Now she wants Geraldine to help her avoid marriage and familial strife... but by the way she keeps flirting with Geraldine, there might be something else she wants as well. The Many Transformations of Princess Adriana is a 6500 word short story featuring a sweet and humorous sapphic romance. It is also included in the collection Foolish Girls and Witches.

Als Jonas nach dem Fischen nicht heimkehrt, ist sein älterer Bruder Jack in großer Sorge um ihn. Auch seine Mutter Karen wehrt sich mit völliger Verzweiflung gegen den Gedanken, dass sie ihren geliebten Sohn nie wiedersehen wird. Vor allem, weil ihr Ehemann Malcolm seit einigen Jahren ebenfalls als verschollen gilt. Als Jack in der Nacht am Strand Wache hält, begegnet ihm Melody. Überrascht muss er feststellen, dass er es tatsächlich mit einer Meerjungfrau zu tun hat. Jack zweifelt an seinem Verstand, ist allerdings von ihrer Schönheit sofort völlig fasziniert.

In a world where scientists have become the new superstars, Rick Hamilton, once a celebrated rock icon, has lost his passion for music amid the clamor of shallow fame. One night, in a haze of disillusionment, a portal from a parallel universe brings back his long-lost college roommate, Andy. The visitation offers Rick a chance to explore a reality where his life took a different turn.